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"Larry please...these folks KNOW pods dont work ,so why try and bother them with the truth"
I'm shocked that you missed the point. Pods don't work IF you simply rip out the air box and stick on pods, or if you fiddle with the carb jetting without a clue using simple trial and error rather than an understanding of flow dynamics -- Do they??? Maybe in your world, but here on Planet Earth it takes a bit more than that to tune the bike and make them work across the power band, and when you're done, unless there have been other mods made to take advantage of the increased flow, you still haven't improved overall performance. If so, show me the dyno sheets.
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"ooh and the answer is....one or more idel circuits is clogged......" what did i win
Thanks for playing, but you win no Twinkie. Do you really believe that all the folks who stuck pods on their bikes and experienced performance problems somehow clogged up their idle circuits in the process of installing the pods. The 5 examples I gave were all from the past week. Over the past months/years there have been many many such problems when pods are installed. I doubt that these bikes coincidentally had idle circuit clogs strike when pods were installed. There's got to be more to it that that. Ed
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[/quote]650ed wrote:
OK folks, time for the weekly quiz. What is the one thing the 5 different bikes with 5 different problems shown below (posted within the past week) have in common? Don’t be shy, you could win a Twinkie.
A. ...i couldn't start the bike without squirting gas into the carbs first and need the choke all the way out. it runs rough and only at high rpms. will not idle...
B. Engine Popping
C. ...still running like shxt. ….cant even get up to 1/4 throttle with out it just dying. even if it is warmed up. it does it ever time, you can throttle slow or gun it and it still just dies.
D. ...the only issue was a little backfiring under deceleration. Yesterday I took it out, and it was running good while in neutral, very responsive to the throttle... But when I took off, it would need alot of throttle to get going, and as soon as I let the clutch completely out the engine would really struggle...
E. ...just cant seem to find the right combination of carb settings to run properly. I’ve gone bigger jets, smaller jets, different needle position, synced, idle air/fuel screws, check float levels.......repeat process a 100 times. Too rich too lean, no power, no idle etc...
(Here’s the answer written upside down) spod :silly:
Which begs the question...
How come we managed to jet our bikes in the 70s for pods and they ran good but so many people today can't seem to get that figured out?
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my nephews could not change a spark plug if you put a 45 to their head and cocked it.......
they could clean my computer files up in 4 minutes.......with a text going in the other hand...
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if it were not for technology they would be naked banging tin cups by the side of the road.....
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And when equipped with pods, that CV carbs are even more difficult (than manual throttle slide carbs) to tune for excellent performance throughout the powerband.
Besides tuning hassles, pods suffer several other disadvantages compared to the stock airbox.
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Old Man Rock wrote:
They're all KZ's?
Do I win the Twinky....
No, you ARE the Twinky.
Thanks a lot for spilling the beans! Now I'll never be able to give the Twinky away. :laugh:
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Which begs the question...
How come we managed to jet our bikes in the 70s for pods and they ran good but so many people today can't seem to get that figured out?[/quote]
The answer is simple: in the 70s they came with carburetors. Then some genius came up with the CV carb (probably trying to reduce emissions). They are two completely different animals to work on.
I swear some people think those sliders in CV carbs lift by magic. Maybe if we bonk enough of them guys telling people to pod their machine for better performance on the head with the mechanical linkage from their old 70s style carbs they'll get the idea of what is missing.:laugh:
I mean Kawasaki obviously never put any thought into their air system for CV performance, being lowly race leaders for years and years. A smuck on the street can do better, well with some help from K&N. Oh god stop, it hurts, I'm killen myself here. :lol: :lol:
Most days I find it extremely funny that people don't even begin to understand the difference in operation between the two styles of carbs... other days it's just annoying to realize how daft people can be. :blink:
Funny how the POD makers have failed to address the situation for over 20 years. They must care a great deal.. snicker
Here is a new question of the week, let's see who all gets this one correct... WHAT IS THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SLIDER CARB OPERATION, AND CV CARB OPERATION?????
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larrycavan wrote:
"Which begs the question...
How come we managed to jet our bikes in the 70s for pods and they ran good but so many people today can't seem to get that figured out?"
That's a great question. Do you think it might be a problem with the reformulated fuels? Ed
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Slider carbs lift the needle mechanically while CV carbs lift it via vacuum created in the venturi. This vacuum acts on a diaphram which moves the needle. When a CV carb is working correctly there is a direct relation between air speed and the needle location. This direct relation of air speed and needle location is not necessary there with the mechanical slider carbs.
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And about the pods, at least in my case... I do not expect any power gains. Just running as good or close to it as it was. the stock air box is fucking gross (IMO) and I wanted off. And whether most people like it or not, it seems that plenty have done the switch to the pods so someone has to know what works. Or at least a general idea. Seems know one has any good enough other than increase the jets. but no real numbers or anything.
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